1984 Drama Movies

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The Karate Kid(1984)

| 2h 6min | Action, Drama, Kids & Family

3.6/5 (with 2,113 votes)

Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, Lucille, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of high school students, led by Ali's ex-boyfriend Johnny, who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo under ruthless sensei, John Kreese. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi, an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate for self-defense and, later, preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai.

Directed by John G. Avildsen - With Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, William Zabka, Bruce Malmuth, ...

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Amadeus(1984)

| 2h 40min | History, Music, Drama

4.0/5 (with 2,137 votes)

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Directed by Miloš Forman - With F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, ...

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Paris, Texas(1984)

| 2h 26min | Drama

4.0/5 (with 950 votes)

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

Directed by Wim Wenders - With Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Bernhard Wicki, John Lurie, ...

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Beverly Hills Cop(1984)

| 1h 45min | Comedy, Crime, Action

3.6/5 (with 2,097 votes)

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.

Directed by Martin Brest - With Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff, Jonathan Banks, ...

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The Natural(1984)

| 2h 17min | Drama

3.5/5 (with 254 votes)

An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.

Directed by Barry Levinson - With Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Robert Prosky, ...

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Threads(1984)

1h 57min | War, Drama, Science Fiction

3.8/5 (with 112 votes)

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

Directed by Mick Jackson - With Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, Rita May, Phil Rose, Patrick Allen

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The Bounty(1984)

| 2h 12min | Action, Drama, History

3.4/5 (with 216 votes)

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

Directed by Roger Donaldson - With Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, ...

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Nineteen Eighty-Four(1984)

| 1h 53min | Drama, Science Fiction

3.4/5 (with 641 votes)

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

Directed by Michael Radford - With John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, James Walker, ...

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Emmanuelle 4(1984)

| 1h 29min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.5/5 (with 18 votes)

In order to escape from her former lover Marc, Sylvia goes to Brazil where Dr. Santamo transforms her into the beautiful Emmanuelle...

Directed by Francis Leroi - With Sylvia Kristel, Marilyn Jess, Patrick Bauchau, Christian Marquand, Fabrice Luchini, Brinke Stevens, ...

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes(1984)

| 2h 23min | Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance / Love

3.2/5 (with 201 votes)

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

Directed by Hugh Hudson - With Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Cheryl Campbell, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson, Nigel Davenport, ...

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2010(1984)

| 1h 56min | Thriller, Science Fiction

3.3/5 (with 470 votes)

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

Directed by Peter Hyams - With Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain, ...

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Beat Street(1984)

| 1h 45min | Drama, Music

3.4/5 (with 35 votes)

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

Directed by Stan Lathan - With Rae Dawn Chong, Robert Taylor, Guy Davis, Saundra Santiago

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Streets of Fire(1984)

| 1h 33min | Action

3.4/5 (with 198 votes)

Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.

Directed by Walter Hill - With Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, ...

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Birdy(1984)

2h | Drama

3.5/5 (with 213 votes)

Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam war. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?

Directed by Alan Parker - With Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, Karen Young, Bruno Kirby, Nancy Fish, Sandy Baron, ...

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First Desires(1983)

1h 33min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.2/5 (with 16 votes)

Three teenage girls decide to visit a romantic island and find love. They get shipwrecked and end up on different sides of the island. Each girl begins her own romantic adventure either with a man, a boy or even another girl.

Directed by David Hamilton - With Patrick Bauchau, Anja Schüte, Emmanuelle Béart, Stéphane Freiss, Ann-Gisel Glass, Béatrice Costantini, ...

Purple Rain(1984)

| 1h 51min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love

3.4/5 (with 151 votes)

A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia. But another musician, Morris, looks to steal the Kid's spotlight -- and his girl.

Directed by Albert Magnoli - With Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Clarence Williams III, Olga Karlatos, Jill Jones, ...

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The Element of Crime(1984)

| 1h 44min | Crime, Drama, Science Fiction

3.2/5 (with 101 votes)

Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to find the culprit, turns to Osbourne, a writer who was once respected for his contributions to the field of criminology. Fisher begins to use Osbourne's technique, which involves empathizing with serial killers; however, as the detective becomes increasingly engrossed in this method, things take a disturbing turn.

Directed by Lars von Trier - With Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai, Jerold Wells, Jon Bang Carlsen, Mogens Rukov, ...

The River(1984)

| 2h 2min | Drama

3.1/5 (with 64 votes)

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.

Directed by Mark Rydell - With Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, James Tolkan, Billy "Green" Bush, Barry Primus, ...

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Places in the Heart(1984)

| 1h 51min | Drama

3.6/5 (with 60 votes)

In 1930s Texas, a widow and her family fight to save their home by harvesting cotton.

Directed by Robert Benton - With Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Danny Glover, John Malkovich, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, ...

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Maria's Lovers(1984)

1h 49min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.1/5 (with 28 votes)

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.

Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky - With Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum, Keith Carradine, Anita Morris, Bud Cort, ...

Hanna D: The Girl from Vondel Park(1984)

1h 23min | Drama

1.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Hanna is a girl completely abandoned to herself, is not at all inhibited sexually, and is attracted to the attention of unscrupulous people like Miguel, who takes advantage of Hanna, turning her to prostitution to obtain her drug fix. Until she meets Alex, a young man with a sincere affection for Hanna.

Directed by Rino Di Silvestro - With Donatella Damiani, Sebastiano Somma, Karin Schubert, Ann-Gisel Glass, Jacques Stany

The Story of O Part 2(1984)

1h 47min | Drama

2.1/5 (with 8 votes)

James Pembroke, a powerful industrialist, has become a nuisance to his rivals. That is the reason why they have decided to neutralize him. To this end they call on O, who has turned from victim to dominatrix. Her mission is to compromise not only James in person but his whole family as well. And to tell the truth, O does not find much resistance on her way...

Directed by Éric Rochat - With Manuel De Blas, Frank Braña, Luis Suárez, Elmer Modlin, Sandra Wey

A Passage to India(1984)

| 2h 43min | Drama, Adventure, History

3.4/5 (with 124 votes)

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.

Directed by David Lean - With Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Alec Guinness, Nigel Havers, ...

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A Soldier's Story(1984)

| 1h 41min | Drama, Mystery, War, Crime

3.4/5 (with 72 votes)

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Davenport must battle with deceit and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill the Master Sergeant.

Directed by Norman Jewison - With Howard Rollins, Adolph Caesar, David Alan Grier, Larry Riley, Denzel Washington, Patti LaBelle, ...

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Kaos(1984)

3h 8min | Mystery, Romance / Love, Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

3.8/5 (with 21 votes)

Five stories center on a werewolf, a feudal landlord, peasants, a ghost, and a mother and her sons.

Directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani - With Margarita Lozano, Omero Antonutti, Claudio Bigagli, Ciccio Ingrassia, Franco Franchi, Massimo Bonetti, ...

Firstborn(1984)

PG-13

| 1h 43min | Drama, Thriller

3.0/5 (with 25 votes)

Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with it. Until he discovers Sam's illegal activities.

Directed by Michael Apted - With Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Christopher Collet, Corey Haim, Sarah Jessica Parker, Robert Downey Jr., ...

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Love Streams(1984)

PG-13

| 2h 21min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 50 votes)

Two closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.

Directed by John Cassavetes - With Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Seymour Cassel, Diahnne Abbott, Al Ruban, Margaret Abbott, ...

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The Razor's Edge(1984)

PG-13

| 2h 9min | Drama

3.2/5 (with 29 votes)

An American WWI vet undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return, he discovers he is not the only one who has changed.

Directed by John Byrum - With Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Denholm Elliott, Catherine Hicks, Peter Vaughan, Brian Doyle-Murray, ...

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Our Story(1984)

1h 50min | Drama

3.3/5 (with 16 votes)

Robert Avranche, a middle-aged, alcoholic garage owner, is sitting on a train, reflecting on the emptiness of his life. An attractive young woman, Donatienne, suddenly enters the compartment and offers to make love to him. Robert accepts but, when the woman leaves the train afterwards, he decides to follow her...

Directed by Bertrand Blier - With Alain Delon, Nathalie Baye, Bernard Farcy, Geneviève Fontanel, Gérard Darmon, Ginette Garcin, ...

Mrs. Soffel(1984)

PG-13

| 1h 52min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.2/5 (with 20 votes)

Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.

Directed by Gillian Armstrong - With Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine, Terry O'Quinn, Edward Herrmann, Trini Alvarado, ...

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1984 Drama Movies

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The Karate Kid(1984)

Amadeus(1984)

Paris, Texas(1984)

Beverly Hills Cop(1984)

The Natural(1984)

Threads(1984)

The Bounty(1984)

Nineteen Eighty-Four(1984)

Emmanuelle 4(1984)

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes(1984)

2010(1984)

Beat Street(1984)

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Streets of Fire(1984)

Birdy(1984)

First Desires(1983)

Purple Rain(1984)

The Element of Crime(1984)

The River(1984)

Places in the Heart(1984)

Maria's Lovers(1984)

Hanna D: The Girl from Vondel Park(1984)

The Story of O Part 2(1984)

A Passage to India(1984)

A Soldier's Story(1984)

Kaos(1984)

Firstborn(1984)

Love Streams(1984)

The Razor's Edge(1984)

Our Story(1984)

Mrs. Soffel(1984)

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